The infernal library : on dictators, their books, and other catastrophes of literacy /
Kalder, Daniel, 1974-
The infernal library : on dictators, their books, and other catastrophes of literacy / Daniel Kalder. - First edition. - pages cm
Includes index.
Introduction: Tradition and the individual tyrant -- Phase I: The dictator's canon -- Lenin -- Stalin -- Mussolini -- Hitler -- Mao -- Phase II: Tyranny and mutation -- Small demons -- Catholic action -- Disembraining machines -- Eastern approaches -- Dead letters -- Another green world -- Phase III: Dissolution and madness -- Midnight in the garden of ultraboredom -- North Korea: the metafictions of Kim Jong-il -- Cuba: Castro's maximum verbiage -- Iraq: the historical romances of Saddam Hussein -- Post-Soviet: Comrade Zoroaster -- Turkmenistan: post-everything -- Phase IV: Death is not the end -- Conclusion.
9781627793421 (hardcover)
2017009633
Dictatorship--History.
Dictators as authors--History.
Revolutionary literature--Authorship.
Dictators' writings
JC495 / .K29 2018
321.9
The infernal library : on dictators, their books, and other catastrophes of literacy / Daniel Kalder. - First edition. - pages cm
Includes index.
Introduction: Tradition and the individual tyrant -- Phase I: The dictator's canon -- Lenin -- Stalin -- Mussolini -- Hitler -- Mao -- Phase II: Tyranny and mutation -- Small demons -- Catholic action -- Disembraining machines -- Eastern approaches -- Dead letters -- Another green world -- Phase III: Dissolution and madness -- Midnight in the garden of ultraboredom -- North Korea: the metafictions of Kim Jong-il -- Cuba: Castro's maximum verbiage -- Iraq: the historical romances of Saddam Hussein -- Post-Soviet: Comrade Zoroaster -- Turkmenistan: post-everything -- Phase IV: Death is not the end -- Conclusion.
9781627793421 (hardcover)
2017009633
Dictatorship--History.
Dictators as authors--History.
Revolutionary literature--Authorship.
Dictators' writings
JC495 / .K29 2018
321.9